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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






2. What are healthy sources of fats?






3. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






4. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






5. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






6. The higher the BMR a client has --






7. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






8. What foods have high quality protein?






9. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






10. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






11. How many calories/gram is protein?






12. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






13. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






14. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






15. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






16. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






17. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






18. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






19. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






20. What is RDA of protein?






21. What function is vitamin A?






22. What is the function of vitamin E?






23. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






24. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






25. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






26. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






27. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






28. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






29. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






30. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






31. What function is vitamin D?






32. Name six sources of grains






33. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






34. What does DASH stand for?






35. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






36. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






37. What is the function of vitamin C?






38. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






39. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






40. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






41. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






42. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






43. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






44. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






45. Sources of fats






46. When does BMR decrease?






47. What type of people need extra protein?






48. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






49. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






50. When does BMR increase?